For a new site I recently decided to launch, I needed to find some web hosting. The site will be more of an experiment than a real thing, so I didn't want to throw too much money in it. But the thing is, I also feel the need for features most cheap hosting providers don't include in their basic offers. I just can't live without an SSH access, for instance. So, I started to search for the dream offer, and … w00t ! I think I found a kick ass deal.

What I bought :

a domain name, registered for one year

4800 MB of disk storage (increasing each week by 40 Mo, that will sum up to 6880 MB in one year)

120 GB of monthly bandwidth (+ 1 GB each week)

Unlimited number of domains or subdomains hosted on this account

Unlimited MySQL db, email aliases, …

Full Unix shell with SSH access ! And crontab ! Couldn't believe it till I was logged in :)

Awesome support ! Sent one mail, got a replied 8 minutes later with a relevant answer

Really complete control panel with more features and 1-click-install software than I'll ever need

How much is that you ask ? For all these things I've paid exactly … $23.88 for the whole year.

So, here comes now the blatant affiliate link which is truely worth it if you ask me : I've bought this account at DreamHost. This is their basic offer with the following trick : pay for one whole year at once (or two years) and enter "888" as a promotional code. They are celebrating their 8th birthday which is worth 80% off the bill (could be time limited, I'm not sure).

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